Kamasi Washington Collaborator Miles Mosley Announces New Album UPRISING

Featuring Washington and other members of the West Coast Get Down collective

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Miles Mosley, veteran bassist/vocalist/composer/bandleader and founding member of the West Coast Get Down collective (Kamasi Washington’s crew), has announced a new album. UPRISING is out January 27 next year on Alpha Pup / World Galaxy. Co-produced by Tony Austin and Barbara Sealy, the record features Washington, Austin, and fellow West Coast Get Down members Ryan Porter, Brandon Coleman, and Cameron Graves, as well as Dontae Winslow and the late saxophonist Zane Musa. Its lead single, “Young Lion,” premieres on Pitchfork Radio this afternoon. Tune in at 2 p.m. Eastern to hear it.

In a press release, Mosley said:

It seems fitting that this new attention to our sound, and the impact that we are capable of making across genres feels like our own uprising. This is my piece of our story. ... I wanted to create a work that was natural and intimate, but still maintained a sense of grandeur. As if you were best friends with a giant. The West Coast Get Down, the strings, the choir. All of these elements together create something with memorable melodies and a message to the people that we are here for them. We are and want to be the loudspeaker for their hearts.